The Life of a Sailor, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1832 |
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... prize - money or fresh pro- visions , and being very shortly out of all patience and potatoes . The usual business of standing out at sunset , and standing in every morning , watch- ing the commodore and the French harbour , soon ...
... prize - money or fresh pro- visions , and being very shortly out of all patience and potatoes . The usual business of standing out at sunset , and standing in every morning , watch- ing the commodore and the French harbour , soon ...
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... prize , the rest being destroyed by shot , the shore , and the sea . In the evening , owing to some clumsiness of the officer of the watch , who gave the frigate stern- way when he hove - to , the prize , in passing within hail , struck ...
... prize , the rest being destroyed by shot , the shore , and the sea . In the evening , owing to some clumsiness of the officer of the watch , who gave the frigate stern- way when he hove - to , the prize , in passing within hail , struck ...
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... prize afloat , and , shortly afterwards , under sail . While we were close to the battery , every shot went over us , and we had only one man wounded from the musketry ; but directly we began to draw off the shore , assisted by a light ...
... prize afloat , and , shortly afterwards , under sail . While we were close to the battery , every shot went over us , and we had only one man wounded from the musketry ; but directly we began to draw off the shore , assisted by a light ...
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... prize - money shared in imagination , previous to the capture , and honor and glory never mentioned in the calculation . In Porto Ercole ( the name may indicate its strength ) we saw a brig and a few merchant - ships at anchor : the ...
... prize - money shared in imagination , previous to the capture , and honor and glory never mentioned in the calculation . In Porto Ercole ( the name may indicate its strength ) we saw a brig and a few merchant - ships at anchor : the ...
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... prize in security . The last round of grape which was fired was near - hand robbing us of our captain ; one of the shot entered the gig in which he had just placed himself , and was picked up between his feet . The St. Joseph had soon ...
... prize in security . The last round of grape which was fired was near - hand robbing us of our captain ; one of the shot entered the gig in which he had just placed himself , and was picked up between his feet . The St. Joseph had soon ...
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afterwards Algiers anchor answer appeared arms arrived assistance battery began boat brig called captain chase close command commenced Corfu corpse countenance crew dead deck declared devil endeavoured enemy Euphrates eyes fear feeling Fernando de Noronha fire first-lieutenant fleet French frigate gave gentlemen guns hand harbour head heard honor hour HUDIBRAS instantly island Islay knew ladies land lieutenant looked looked to windward Lord Exmouth Lough Swilly mainsail Malta marines Menelaus midshipman mind morning musket navy never night o'clock oars officer Orford Ness party passed Pipes pistol placed poor port pretty prisoners prize quarter replied retreat round sail sailor scene Seagrove seemed seized ship ship's shore short shortly shot side Sir Peter Parker Sir Thomas Sir Thomas Maitland soon squadron stood thing thought tion took Toulon Turk turned vessel walked watch wind windward words wounded